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UNITED STATES Patented. August 25, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

CLIFTON VOSE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE NOISELESS AND DRAUGHTLESS DOOR AND WINDOW CUSHION COMPANY, A COR- PORATION OF NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 737,534, dated. August 25, 1903. Application filed July 25, 1902. Serial No. 116,973. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLIFTON VOSE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Windows, of which the following is a specification, accompanied by drawings.

My invention relates to windows and means IQ for forming weather-tight join 3s; and the objects of my invention are to improve upon the constructions heretofore devised for such p urposes.

Further objects of my invention will herein- 5 after appear, and while it is particularly applicable to swinging windows it may be utilized wherever found convenient and useful.

To these ends my invention consists in means for carrying out the above objects,

having the construction and arrangement substantially as hereinafter fully described and shown in this specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a window embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, partly broken away. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view, partly broken away and in section, looking at the inside of one of the windows. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional detail View on the line 4: 4 of Fig. 1, taken through the meeting edges of the swinging window-sashes. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view of a modification of a casing and sash wherein the window opens inwardly. Fig. (3 is a perspective view of the casing shown in Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the sash shown in Fig. 5.

Referring more particularly to the draw- 0 ings, to a suitable window-casin g A are hung the window-sashes B, so that they may swing relatively to the casing, as shown in Fig. 1, the windows opening outwardly, while in Figs. 5, 6, and 7 a construction is shown wherein the window is adapted to be opened inwardly. Tle window-sashes B, with the glass plates C, may be arranged in any suitable manner to swing as described, but in this instance the sashes are shown hinged to the casing, as by means of suitable hinges D,

(see Fig. 3,) attached to the sides of the easing A and to the sides of the sashes B. According to my invention means are provided for forming a weather-tight joint between the sashes and the casing and between the inner meeting edges E of the swinging sashes. Weather-strips, preferably metallic and of suitable form, are arranged around the casing, within the sides thereof, while suitable metallic weather-strips are provided upon the window-sashes, the arrangement being such that the strips interlock when the windows are closed, thereby forming a weathertight joint all around the window and between the meeting edges of the sashes.

WVhile different forms of metallic weatherstrips may be utilized in carrying out my invention, I prefer to use a strip F of sheet metal, bent in the angular forms, as shown in the drawings. Preferably one edge portion of the strip of metal which forms the weather-strip is bent at substantially a right angle to the strip, as at G, and then the remaining portion of the strip is reversely bent backward upon itse1f-that is, foldedas at II, and may be extended beyond the bent portion G, as at I, to form a securing portion whereby the strip may be secured to the sash or casing, as by means of screws or pins J. It may be stated, therefore, that the strip is first bent and then reversely bent or folded in order to form the weather-strip and is then secured around the inside of the casing A on all sides and also secured to the outside of the sashes B.

Any suitable and desirable means may be provided for securing the weather-strips to the sashes and easing, but according to my invention the sashes are rabbeted, as at K, and the weather-strips F are secured to the sashes in such manner that spaces are left between the bottoms L of the rabbets K and the strips F, thereby forming grooves O on the sashes. The portions G of the strips which are bent at an angle to the remainder of the 5 strip may be thrust into slots or embedded in the material of the sashes, as shown in the drawings, thereby serving to more firmly secure the strips. to the sashes.

While any suitable means may be provided mo whereby the strips on the casing and on the sashes will interlock when the windows are closed, I have shown the strips F on the casings A so arranged as to form grooves P between the casings and the strips, into which grooves P the strips F on the sashes pass when the windows are closed, thereby causing the strips to interlock and forming a Weathertight joint. The strips F on the casings may be secured to both the casing and to the window-jamb, if desired, by being thrust into or embedded in the material of the casing and jamb, the jambs being shown at Q secured by any suitable means, as by screws R, to the casings A.

While the weather-strips may be provided upon all sides of the sashes, if desired, instead of providing the strips on the hinged or outer sides of the sashes I have shown grooves S in said outer sides adapted to receive the weather-strips F, secured to the sides of the casing, so that when the windows are closed said strips enter within the longitudinal grooves S, thereby forming a tight joint.

In order that a tight joint may be formed between the inner meeting edges of the sashes B, it is necessary to reverse the direction of one of the weather-strips on one sash, so that when the windows are closed the weatherstrips on the meeting edges will interlock.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 5, 6, and 7, it will be seen that A represents the casing, as before, 13 the Window-sash, and Q the window-jamb,suitably secured to the easing. The weather-strips F are in this instance secured to the casings A, forming grooves T between the casing and strips, into which the strips F on the sash B are adapted to fit. The strip F secured to the sash B,is also so arranged that there is a groove T formed between the bottom of the rabbet on the sash and the strip F so that when the window is closed the strips F and F interlock to form a weather-tight joint. As before, the portion of the strip F bent at an angle to the remainder may be embedded in the body of the sash B to aid in securing it thereto.

The bent or reversed portions of the strips whereby the strips are secured to the supportin g-surfaces are by reason of the construction of the strips enabled to be and, in fact, are arranged at approximately right angles to the supporting-surfaces. Especiallywherethese bent or reversed portions are embedded in the supporting-surfaces is a perfect weather-strip jointproduced, first, for the reason that the said bent portions act as guides or obstructions to the entrance of wind, snow, dust, and water, and, second, by reason of the fact that the strips, being made of sheet metal are of a certain springy nature, which is particularly put to advantageous use in these bent securing portions, which when the folded portions of meeting-strips are brought together enable these folding portions to yield and give to each other, thus forming a snug joint when the folded portions are brought to completelyclosed position. This advantageous use of the bent securing portions may be more per fectly obtained where these bent portions are made as thin lips, as it were, formed of a single thickness and not of a double thickness, as in the folded portions.

According to my construction winds,snow, dust, and water are all equally well excluded, for since wind cannot penetrate through the weather-strip joint it follows that water cannot be carried therethrough, since the penetration of water through and between Weatherstrips is due almost entirely to the action of wind.

Obviously some features of my invention may be used without others, and my invention may be embodied in widely-varying forms.

Therefore without limiting myself to the construction shown and described. and without enumerating equivalents I claim, and desire to obtain by Letters Patent, the following:

1. In a window, the combination with the casing of a window-sash provided with a rabbet, ametallicweather-strip formed of afolded strip of metalhaving also a portionbent at substantially a right angle thereto and secured to the sash, at approximately right angles to the bottom of the rabbet, the folded part being separated from the sash to form a groove between the bottom of the rabbet and the strip, another metallic bent and folded weatherstrip on the casing also forming a groove between the casing and itself, whereby when the window is closed each strip enters the opposite groove between the folded portion of the weatherstrip and its support forming an interlocking weather-tight joint.

2. In a window, the combination with the casing of a window-sash provided with a ra'b bet, a metallic weather-strip formed of a bent and folded strip of metal, the bent portion being at an angle to the folded portion and embedded in the sash, at approximately right angles to the bottom of the rabbet, the folded portion forming a groove betweenthe bottom of the rabbet and the strip, another similar bent and folded metallic weather-strip having its bent portion secured to the casing at approximately right angles to the supportingsurface and forming also a groove between the casing and itself, whereby when the window-is closed the folded portion of each strip enters the opposite groove, between the strip and its support forming an interlocking weather-tight joint.

3. In a window, the combination with the casing of a swinging window-sash provided with a rabbet, a metallic weather-strip formed of a bent and folded strip of metal, the bent portion being at an angle to the folded portion and embedded in the sash at approximately right angles to the bottom of the rabbet, the folded portion forming a groove between the bottom of the rabbet and the strip,

another metallic weather-strip formed of a bent and folded strip of metal, the bent portion being at right angles to the supportingsurface and forming also a groove between the casing and the folded portion, whereby when the swinging sash is closed the folded portion of each strip enters the opposite groove between the strip and its support, thereby forming a weather-tight joint of interlocking parts, for substantially the purposes set forth.

4. In a window, the combination of a easing and a swinging sash, the casing and the outersides of both ends of the sash being provided with weather-strips formed of strips of sheet metal bent and reversely bent into angular form, the inner side of said sash being provided with a longitudinal groove adapted to the weather-strip on the casing, and for CLIFTON VOSE.

lVitnesses:

JosEPn B. F. I-IoDosoN, PHILIP M. VosE. 

